Chapter 395: Gundam 00 World
After Tolle confirmed the world, the system responded:
"Host, world verification complete. Gundam 00 world confirmed. Permissions upgraded.
"Traversal duration increased by 30 days. Next traversal duration: 330 days.
"Permission level upgraded to Second Lieutenant. Storage space expanded. Current maximum size: 1500 × 1500 × 1500 meters. Subdivided spaces expanded proportionally."
"1500 meters already?" Tolle muttered. "That means I can finally start building a Macross-class battleship around 1200 meters long.
"System, will the storage space increase by 500 meters each time from now on?"
"For ease of calculation, yes. Future expansions will follow this increment.
"Host, do you have any other questions?"
"No, thanks. Nothing else."
"Then the system will continue absorbing energy for the traversal device."
The system fell silent again.
Tolle helplessly spread his hands, then said to Nami, "Nami, same as usual. Help me establish a legal identity in this world and get some funds.
"Also, manufacture some stealth rockets and send them to the far side of the Moon. Search for Celestial Being's colony-type deep-space mothership, the Ptolemaios.
"If you find it, secretly assimilate it immediately. Don't trigger any alarm systems. Copy all the data on board.
"The solar furnace data is absolutely something we must obtain.
"After that, stay hidden there and only activate again when needed.
"We can also start preparing to build a Macross-class battleship."
"Yes, Master. But what about that old man up there—Aeolia Schenberg? Should he be assimilated as well?"
Tolle lowered his head and thought for a moment before replying, "Assimilate him. Lie dormant inside him first. When Alejandro Corner and Ribbons Almark sabotage his body later, activate and save him."
"He's still a top-tier scientist. Keeping him around to develop technology for us later will be useful."
"It's just unclear whether the genuine solar furnace blueprints are actually there—especially the GN Drive filter system, the TD Regenerator."
"That part is critical. Without it, you can only make pseudo GN Drives."
"I just hope the core of the TD Regenerator isn't based on some setting like fragments of an unconscious ELS."
"If that's the case, things get troublesome. Between Neo DG Cells and ELS… ELS would probably still be stronger."
"Don't worry, Master. Nami will begin preparations immediately and gather the solar furnace data as soon as possible."
"However, it may take several months. The far side of the Moon is vast, and without conducting large-scale searches that might expose us, the process will take time."
Tolle nodded. "No rush. There's plenty of time. As long as it's done before the plot starts, that's fine.
"After all, Celestial Being monitors electronic communications through Veda.
"If we don't deal with that first, any big move we make later could leave us completely exposed—and we might even become their target."
"Understood, Master. Nami will be careful around all electronic systems and ensure you're never placed in a passive position."
"Thanks, Nami." Tolle had just taken a few steps when he suddenly remembered something and turned back. "Oh right—since there's still plenty of time before the story starts, help me build a camper van based on this world's designs. We're going to travel properly for a while."
Suddenly remembering that this trip was supposed to be a vacation, Tolle brightened and continued, "Also, Nami, give yourself a Humagear body. Use Nami from One Piece as the appearance.
"Once it's ready, come travel with me."
"We've been together so long, but I've never actually interacted with you directly like this."
Nami replied shyly and excitedly, "Yay! That's wonderful! Nami will build a body right away and serve you, Master."
Soon, using a Humagear body, Nami manifested in the appearance of Nami. She spun in place once and asked Tolle, "How is it, Master? Does Nami's body look good?"
Looking at her perfect form, Tolle couldn't help feeling his impulses surge again.
A "battle in the wilderness" immediately followed.
…
After it ended, Tolle felt a bit regretful again—his rest plan had once more gone completely out the window.
After Nami finished preparing the camper, she took out a tablet and spoke to Tolle, who was lying sprawled on the sofa in the back of the vehicle like a corpse.
"Master, I found a very interesting identity. It's extremely suitable for you to replace."
Tolle looked at the photo on the tablet in shock. "What the hell—this is literally my face. Nami, are you kidding?
"Age 20. Even the name is my old one—Monty. The foreign name is the same too: Dax Xiao?"
"Master, I'm not joking. This person who looks exactly like you is the sole heir of the Xiao family, the sixth major family of the Human Reform League.
"Both parents are deceased. No close relatives. Extremely suitable for replacement."
Tolle said in disbelief, "Wasn't the Human Reform League only supposed to have five major families? Since when did a sixth one appear? And it's my own Xiao family?"
"According to the data, that's how it is. It may simply be that the sixth family wasn't relevant enough to appear in the animation.
"After all, this is a real world. Anything can happen.
"Also, several months ago, the previous head of the Xiao family, Huaisite Xiao, passed away.
"The current heir, Dax Xiao, inherited everything and then immediately set out on a world tour.
"He disappeared near this region, and his whereabouts have been unknown ever since.
"Nami has searched globally and found no trace of Dax Xiao at all.
"Master, you can safely replace him."
Tolle pressed his right hand to his forehead and tapped the table lightly with his left, thinking deeply.
"Nami… you're still too inexperienced.
"You don't even need to look closely to tell what this is. If things are arranged this neatly, it's almost certainly because we'll eventually travel back to an earlier point in this world's timeline.
"So all of this may have been arranged by my future self.
"Maybe my future self already calculated the timing of my return.
"I just don't know whether he set any traps for me—though knowing my own personality, he definitely would.
"But it shouldn't be anything serious. If it broke causality, future-me wouldn't exist in the first place.
"And he wouldn't have arranged everything this clearly for me."
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